Divided into Two Factions

Pan Yun thoughtfully rolled the letter back up as it had been and placed it inside the bamboo tube. Carefully, she used a small knife to seal the opening with red clay, leaving it exactly as before. Only then did she tie the bamboo tube to the pigeon's leg and release it.

Cao Jixiang hauled the silver back to the Maritime Trade Office. Once those with even slightly sharp ears learned that the carts carried silver, they could secretly note the number of carts and chests, then estimate the amount of silver from the wheel ruts.

Hmm, that was not difficult.

Wang Cong was still clever. He must have performed well enough for them to think him worth drawing in and cultivating.

Then they were not members of the Sun family. After all, Wang Cong had meddled in the sulfur trade.

Pan Yun rubbed her fingers together. The wolf was probably one of the Sea Pirates they had captured, but who was the rat?

Pan Yun stood there for quite a while. Unable to figure it out, she decided to set it aside for now and return to the city.

By the time she returned to her room, Pan Little Black had already come back. It was sprawled at the head of the bed, and at the sound of movement, it raised its head and watched her with dark eyes.

Pan Yun felt a trace of resentment in its gaze. She went over, gathered it into her arms, and asked softly, "Finished watching them? I just finished too, and I got quite a harvest. What about you?"

Pan Little Black knew that if it voiced the conclusions it had worked out, she would definitely have even more to say to it.

And when it came to arguing reason, it had